Posts from 2015

by Michael Halper

Food Tank, in partnership with The George Washington University, is hosting the 1st Annual Food Tank Summit in Washington D.C. on January 21-22, 2015.
This two-day event will feature more than 75 different speakers from the food and agriculture field. Researchers, farmers, chefs, policy makers, governme… More

Ralph Spinelli takes prison reform personally.

The Goldman School doctoral student served two terms in state penitentiaries for armed robbery, first in Oregon and then in California. His experience fuels his doctoral research and propelled him to write Prison as Punishment, which combines firsthand accounts of life inside prison with policy analysis and recomm… More

By Sudha Shetty, Assistant Dean for Global Alliances

The Hague Domestic Violence Project is delighted to announce the release of the Practice Guide “Representing Battered Respondents under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.” The guide will be made available nationally and will also be used by attorneys in Japan to… More

By Roy Ulrich

MEMORANDUM OF LAW
Question Presented: Would a federal net worth tax violate Article I, Section 9, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution?
Answer: Yes
Broad powers of taxation are granted to Congress by express provisions of the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, declares that “Congress shal… More